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| elkbuntu | <deleted>cute | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-10-20 17:12:46 Last edited by elky Date: 2009-06-13 12:48:45 Requested 28 times |
| lazy | <deleted><reply> But perhaps operators are lazy, and would rather wait for you to submit a good factoid entry instead... | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-28 03:07:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-04-11 20:13:18 Requested 28 times |
| currentissues | <deleted><reply>The titlebar buttons have switched to the left during the development phase of Lucid. No need for alarm! The developers are testing this and listening to user feedback. The final decision about the position will be made after beta. Kindly be patient. For more insight, read : http://www.ivankamajic.com/?p=281 | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-12-01 08:01:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2016-03-31 15:52:28 Requested 28 times |
| lts-#xubuntu | <reply> LTS means Long Term Support. LTS versions of Xubuntu will be supported for 3 years. The current LTS version is !$curLTS ($curLTSLong $curLTSNum) | Added by knome Date: 2012-09-02 01:16:07 Requested 28 times |
| eft | a newt in its terrestrial stage of development - the release after Dapper is called Edgy Eft. For information and pictures of efts/newts, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt or try !edgy | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 16:41:14 Requested 27 times |
| floss | Free Libre Open Source Software. See !freedom | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-19 12:29:16 Requested 27 times |
| cubuntu | <deleted>an unofficial command-line based Ubuntu derivative. It includes a browser, an email client, a media player and many other useful applications. For installation instructions, see http://alecjw.googlepages.com/cubuntu-commandlineubuntu | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-28 21:34:32 Last edited by topyli Date: 2011-10-28 19:39:24 Requested 27 times |
| guidelines-#ubuntuforums | <reply> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Guidelines & https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1 | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-22 00:09:53 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:27 Requested 27 times |
| back | <reply>Hurray, I've rejoined the channel. Too many bugs :) | Added by Hobbsee Date: 2007-10-19 18:48:39 Requested 27 times |
| soulseek | <reply> SoulSeek clients: Nicotine (GTK), Museeq (KDE), Mucous (terminal-based) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:09 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:23 Requested 27 times |
| splash-#kubuntu | <reply> To change your KDE splash screen go to System Settings -> Appearance -> Splash Screen | Added by stdin Date: 2008-06-18 03:43:26 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2010-10-30 01:34:00 Requested 27 times |
| lb | <reply> The Lebanese LoCo team is only a couple of clicks away. Discover its flavor in #ubuntu-lb | Added by jrib Date: 2008-08-30 16:27:28 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-08-30 16:43:37 Requested 27 times |
| ubuntu-#kubuntu | <reply> Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. It is developed by a large community and we invite you to participate too! - Ubuntu comes with the GNOME interface. To install that from Kubuntu install the ubuntu-desktop package. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-10-24 19:28:37 Last edited by LjL Date: 2008-10-24 19:30:33 Requested 27 times |
| bothelp | <reply> For ubottu usage instructions see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBots | For help with ubottu plugins for supybot, please ask in #ubuntu-bots | Added by stdin Date: 2009-03-15 13:32:10 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:45:41 Requested 27 times |
| web3.0-#ubuntu-offtopic | <reply> Welcome to - http://html5zombo.com/ | Added by Pici Date: 2011-09-07 19:54:45 Requested 27 times |
| backports-#kubuntu | <reply> If new updated packages are built for an application, they may go into Kubuntu Backports, which is one of the official Kubuntu PPAs. See https://community.kde.org/Kubuntu/PPAs for more information. | Added by genii Date: 2015-11-04 21:03:16 Requested 27 times |
| build-dep builddep | a handy APT tool that will try to automatically install build (compile) dependencies for you. In the terminal: sudo apt-get build-dep package | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 16:47:16 Requested 26 times |
| synce | <reply> Details of setting up synce-serial at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PocketPCHowto | Added by ompaul Date: 2006-08-03 11:32:16 Requested 26 times |
| answers | <reply> Answers to various questions can be found at http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu | Added by Spec Date: 2007-06-22 04:31:28 Last edited by Spec Date: 2007-06-22 04:33:06 Requested 26 times |
| richtlijnen coc-#ubuntu-nl | <reply> Richtlijnen voor het verblijf in #ubuntu-nl vind je op http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/gemeenschap/regels | Added by Seveas Date: 2007-11-11 18:11:27 Last edited by IdleOne Date: 2013-03-23 02:47:12 Requested 26 times |
| contribute-#xubuntu | <reply> To see how you can help out with Xubuntu, please see http://xubuntu.org/contribute/ - additionally, you can join the devleoper channel #xubuntu-devel and introduce yourself (we'll reply when we're around) | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-27 00:49:04 Last edited by rww Date: 2014-12-03 01:40:46 Requested 26 times |
| dbgsym | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash | Added by asac Date: 2008-02-10 14:26:49 Last edited by PriceChild Date: 2008-02-10 14:54:01 Requested 26 times |
| kpackagekit | <reply> KPackageKit is the !Kubuntu package manager that uses PackageKit | Added by tsimpson Date: 2009-05-01 14:10:43 Requested 26 times |
| pamerror pamerr | <reply> If you're receiving 404 errors while updating pam today, the developers have identified a package regression and have pulled the update. For details see https://launchpad.net/bugs/790538 | Added by Pici Date: 2011-05-31 13:02:22 Last edited by Pici Date: 2011-05-31 13:09:22 Requested 26 times |
| conga-rats | <reply> ♫ samba rumba bueno la conga cha cha cha | Added by knome Date: 2012-01-26 23:34:15 Last edited by Unit193 Date: 2015-08-17 22:40:33 Requested 26 times |
| 14.10 | <reply> Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) was the 21st release of Ubuntu. Support ended on July 23rd, 2015. See !eol and https://ubottu.com/y/utopic | Added by Pici Date: 2014-04-23 17:33:34 Last edited by dax Date: 2018-01-21 23:50:38 Requested 26 times |
| mix frankenubuntu | <reply> it is usually a very bad idea to mix packages from different releases (or Linux distributions), and it is completely unsupported | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-02-18 23:06:55 Requested 26 times |
| kxstudio | <reply> KXStudio is a software repository for Debian-based operating systems for audio production. It is not supported by Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio, and using its repo is highly discouraged as it can overwrite system and user settings. Support in #kxstudio. See also https://askubuntu.com/a/1249739/952110 | Added by hggdh Date: 2019-04-17 15:20:13 Last edited by el Date: 2020-06-12 20:36:55 Requested 26 times |
| udev rules | <reply> Ever wanted to make your USB-stick /dev/usbstick? Go to http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html to learn more about this feature. | Added by uniq Date: 2006-07-06 22:32:04 Requested 25 times |
| sunbird | <reply> Mozilla Sunbird™ is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to bring Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar, without tying you to a particular storage solution. | Added by Hawkwind Date: 2006-10-24 04:29:32 Requested 25 times |
| girls-#ubuntuforums | <deleted><reply> girls are the #1 reason for distractions | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-01-16 16:40:01 Last edited by rww Date: 2011-05-25 18:48:57 Requested 25 times |
| edonkey | <reply> eDonkey clients: aMule (GTK, stand-alone), mldonkey-gui (GTK, based on MLDonkey), KMLDonkey (KDE, based on MLDonkey) - See also !P2P | Added by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:23:18 Last edited by LjL Date: 2007-11-03 00:29:31 Requested 25 times |
| lolcats | <deleted><reply> i iz so bored of lolcats. speek english! | Added by LjL Date: 2007-12-22 22:31:46 Last edited by knome Date: 2014-03-19 19:38:50 Requested 25 times |
| homie colloquialism | <reply> Slang and colloquialisms are not proper English. Please use proper English in our channels to make it easy for those who have it as a second language. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-05 05:25:40 Last edited by elkbuntu Date: 2008-01-05 05:39:30 Requested 25 times |
| pptp | <deleted><reply> pptp is not good according to Bruce Schneier http://schneier.com/pptp.html here the words insecurity are useful | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-02-03 19:01:13 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-02-12 00:24:30 Requested 25 times |
| vcs dvcs | <reply> Version Control Systems offered for Ubuntu: Centralized: !CVS, !Subversion | Distributed: Bazaar-NG(!bzr), Codeville, Darcs, !git, Mercurial, Monotone, SVK, tig. | Added by Pici Date: 2008-05-12 16:55:16 Last edited by Pici Date: 2008-05-14 19:11:42 Requested 25 times |
| lovetoo | <deleted><reply> Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig, then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun. | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-08-05 08:53:24 Last edited by Pici Date: 2009-12-11 17:47:26 Requested 25 times |
| badident | <reply> Unfortunately, your IRC client has been configured with an ident containing an objectionable word. We don't allow such into our main channels as it offends a lot of people. Your ident is not your nickname. Once you've changed your ident, please disconnect from Libera and reconnect. You will then automatically be let back into the channel you tried to join. | Added by elkbuntu Date: 2008-09-06 11:16:31 Last edited by kryten Date: 2021-05-24 22:54:47 Requested 25 times |
| fusesmb-#xubuntu | <reply>fusesmb is a tool that allows easy access to shared folders (smb) on a network. Links with more info: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FuseSmb | Added by Myrtti Date: 2008-09-17 19:48:34 Requested 25 times |
| jussi01 | <deleted><alias> jus | Added by jussi01 Date: 2009-01-22 19:35:32 Last edited by jussi01 Date: 2009-06-14 09:48:59 Requested 25 times |
| bite | <reply> Please don't bite our new friend. Everyone is new to Ubuntu and IRC once and everyone makes mistakes. If they don't learn from their mistakes you can have a little nibble on them later. | Added by jpds Date: 2009-12-23 21:52:21 Requested 25 times |
| mol | MacOnLinux. For a complete howto, visit https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacOnLinuxHowto - No longer available in 11.10 or higher, see http://bugs.debian.org/592034 | Added by Seveas Date: 2006-06-18 17:57:51 Last edited by dax Date: 2017-10-30 06:53:29 Requested 24 times |
| svg | Scalable Vector Graphics, a language used for graphical applications in XML, and a W3 recommendation. SVG Editors: Inkscape, Karbon14 | Added by apokryphos Date: 2006-06-18 20:27:51 Requested 24 times |
| kbuildsycoca kmenu_update kbuildsyscoca kmenuupdate kmenu update | <reply> If your K menu is out of date, like after installing an application and not finding it in the K menu, you should type "kbuildsycoca" in a terminal to rebuild the KDE configuration cache | Added by LjL Date: 2006-12-29 17:19:44 Last edited by Jucato Date: 2007-02-19 13:24:03 Requested 24 times |
| sysinfo-#ubuntuforums | <reply> Please do not use sysinfo scripts in this channel. Doing so will result in a warning then ban. | Added by PriceChild Date: 2007-02-27 19:25:18 Requested 24 times |
| sbuild | a system to easily build packages in a clean schroot environment. To get started with SBuild, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SbuildLVMHowto | Added by LaserJock Date: 2007-11-21 06:52:27 Last edited by Hobbsee Date: 2007-11-21 06:53:02 Requested 24 times |
| joomla | <reply> joomla information can be had here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Joomla | Added by ompaul Date: 2008-01-20 12:55:33 Requested 24 times |
| langpack lang-pack | <deleted><reply>A recent update broke some KDE language packs, leaving the user unable to login. (http://launchpad.net/bugs/195647) This has now been fixed and an updated package is in the -updates repo. If you removed the packages with the interim fix you can reinstall them with: << sudo apt-get install language-pack-kde-en language-pack-kde-en-base >> | Added by jussi01 Date: 2008-02-26 19:26:10 Last edited by tsimpson Date: 2011-01-30 08:26:50 Requested 24 times |
| newmirror | <reply> Interested in setting up a new mirror? See http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/mirror for more info. | Added by Pici Date: 2009-04-22 16:45:12 Requested 24 times |
| grub1 | <reply>grub 1 is the default boot manager for Ubuntu releases before 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - GRUB how-tos: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto - See !grub for Karmic onwards | Added by Tm_T Date: 2011-04-15 11:24:05 Requested 24 times |
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